break through in vienna world powers reach a deal on iran's nuclear program, and an end to sanctions. >> put simply no deal means a greater chance of more war in the middle east. ♪ i'm lauren taylor, this is al jazeera live from london. we'll have full details of the agreement, reaction from iran the u.s. and israel. also coming up in yemen rebel houthi fighters have been driven out of the international airport

in aden. and the new horizon swings by pluto for the climax of a decade-long journey. ♪ hello, it has taken become a deck -- sdek -- decade to produce, but iran and six world powers have reached an agreement iran will destroy 98% of its weapons uranium. crucially if iran breeches the agreement a clause hand been put in place which will allow sanctions to be reinstated within 65 days of non-compliance. james bayes reports. >> reporter: an historic deal one that the key players here say will limit the threat from a

nuclear iran. >> today is an historic day. >> reporter: but it's an agreement that will further anger opponents who say it's a dangerous and historic mistake. it was iran's foreign minister, and the most senior e.u. foreign policy official who announced the deal that was finally sealed after intention negotiation in the early hours of the morning. >> we are reaching an agreement that is not perfect for anybody. but it is what we can accomplish, and it is an important achievement for all of us. >> reporter: it is a decision that can open the way to a new chapter in international relations and show that diplomacy, coordination cooperation, can over come decades of tensions and confrontation confrontations. i think this is a sign of hope for the entire world, and we all know that this is very much needed in these times.

>> reporter: president obama made it clear that if congress tries to block the deal he will act. >> i am confident that this deal will meet the national security interests of the united nations and our allies. >> reporter: immediately after the u.s. president spoke his iranian counterpart followed suit. he hailed the deal as a new chapter between iran and the international community. >> translator: the implementation of this agreement is the beginning of a test. if it is implemented perfectly and precisely, each step can help put an end to the mistrust. >> reporter: the deal now moves to the u.n. security council, which is expected to ratify the deal as early as next week. >> and james joins us live from vienna now. what are people there saying about what this deal will mean?

>> well among those here who have done the deal they say it is extremely important. yes, they know the criticism. but they say the alternative to this deal on the nuclear file alone, could eventually be war, because that was certainly what was threatened several times over the last decade or so. remember back to the bush administration and the persistent threat from the israelis that they might take military action. but it's not just about the nuclear file. just listen to the comments from the european union's foreign policy chief. >> i'm convinced that the political will of the iranian leadership is there to try to use this window of opportunity we have to build trust in -- in a constructive way. iran now has an historic

opportunity to show constructive engagement and readiness to play positive role in the region. it has been already the case in one important crisis in iraq months ago, almost one year ago. we worked together with iran to encourage the government to become inclusive and take everybody on board, and that was an important step. iran has the potential to use its influence in the region in a way that conflict can be solved and diplomacy can win over confrontation. >> james what happens next? >> well there is a clear time line of how things go forward. the first thing that happens in terms of the deal is it needs to be ratified by the u.n. security council. now the world we're hearing from new york is that this could happen very soon indeed certainly here in vienna, we were told maybe seven days,

maybe ten days, maybe sometime this month, but the world from new york coming now is perhaps even this week they could arrange a vote to ratify this deal. then the clock starts ticking, the implementation phase starts. both sides have to make good on what they promised the iranians have to start dismantling those parts of their nuclear infrastructure that they have agreed to dismantle. and the international community have to start lifting all of those sanctions. the u.n. sanctions will automatically be lifted after a time period in the resolution that they will pass but clearly any u.s. and europeans also need to start giving the sanctions relief that is agreed under this plan. >> okay. james bayes thank you very much indeed. let's go live now to washington, d.c. and speak to patty culhane at the white house. what is the next step for the president then? >> he has got to get to work not only convincing the american

public which polls show basically want this deal but he really needs to convince congress, and they are going to be lobby's hard by the pro-israeli lobby here. the president called the leadership of both the house and senate informed them of the details of the deal, and he also called his former secretary of state hillary clinton. she is now running for president. she is a key powerful democrat. she was on capitol hill and gave a kind of endorsement of the deal. so that will be an incentive for democrats follow along. because if the congress has any chance on overriding the president on these sanctions relief, he would have to lose his party's support. and republicans are already saying they are against the deal. and that's what alan fisher found out. >> i see the dower look by some of our people it causes me

great concern. i feel it has been trending in a negative direction for sometime. and once we move beyond dismantling iran's nuclear program and decided we were going to try to manage their proliferation i think we crossed the rubicon into very dangerous territory. but there are still issues to understand how far have we gone relative to their previous military dimensions and understanding that how will the sanction's relief take place, where are we on their ballistic missile program? all of those issues i have just heard people talk about. i haven't seen a document that lays that out in detail. lots of questions, but what can congress realistically do? >> there has been a lot of misunderstanding about this in washington, d.c. because their power in this is fairly limited. what the constitution and the law says is that congress can't stop the president from entering

into this agreement. that's done. they can't stop him from going to the united nations and lifting the u.n. sanctions. this law gives them 60 days to look at the implications of lifting u.s. sanctions. so the implication is what the white house is saying is that if the u.s. doesn't live up to their end of the bargain, iran could simply bach -- walk away. if you look at the sanctions relief that the u.s. is offering, it is much more limited than the other partners. >> okay. patty culhane thank you. the deal has been hailed by the u.s. iran's rivals in the middle east are worried that the lifting of sanctions will give iran the sources it needs to deepen its role in conflicts in iraq syria and yemen. >> reporter: with this historic nuclear agreement, irans can

throw off the decades-long chain of sanctions. exports are expected to skyrocket. billions of dollars in trade and investment could be pumped into the iranian economy. >> iran is a gold mine. it has a huge population. it has a very able citizenry that can work and be creative. it has strong regional links, and it has got years and years of missed opportunities to make up for. >> reporter: it could be a new era for iran in terms of a reconfigured role in the region. iran's influence only grow even amisted the sanctions. in the war in yemen it is backing the rebel houthis. the president and his allies are drawing support from a

saudi-lead coalition. saudi arabia has been a constant critic of any nuclear deal. iran has also extended its reach in iraq. it is training and arming thousands of fighters in the battle against isil in syria. iran's allies in lebanon, hezbollah has also sent fighters to the syrian front lines. this political analyst says if saudi arabia and the gulf cooperation council continue to take a hard line stance, iran's influence could be contained somewhat. >> i think it's regional influence would expand vastly in technological fields, social cultural education, and tourism and things like that. and on the back of that you will get strong political new

relationships. >> reporter: now that the u.s. and iran have reached a detente after years of being enemies, iran's position is expected to shift in the middle east but how can't be predicted. joining us in the studios is al jazeera's senior political analyst. historically how important is this deal? >> at least in the united states, it's been put in the -- in the historical perspective of nixon dealing with china, or ronald reagan dealing with the soviet union, in the sense that these were considered hostile powers nuclear armed, and a threat to the united states but through through -- diplomacy they were able to open the door. in terms of the obama administration, it's also been put in the perspective of america's dealing with cuba or

america dealing with myanmar, meaning you put so much pressure and sanctions, but at the end of the day you try to build on those sanctions some sort of process of sort. so in so many ways the deal is historic. in so many ways it is a game changer for the middle east region. >> what about in the middle east, there is mixed reaction from the area in terms of what it might mean in terms of iran's power base. >> for iran's neighbors, they think an emboldened iran is going to encroach more on their national sovereignties, interfere more and dominate more in countries like iraq put -- or throw it's weight in a place like syria, lebanon, and even yemen, the gulf region and other places. so they are quite anxious in the sense that iran will be able to do more of the same and in a chaotic region an important

organized country like iran it will be able to flex its muscles. as for israel it's a different story. because israel is already a nuclear power. it reported has 100 to 200 nuclear war heads, and it occupies its neighbors and terrorizes a number of them so for the prime minister complaining about the west cap it lating with iran is a bit of a stretch. >> where they now on this? i mean obviously they are kind of outside of this in their reaction, but would they act unilaterally at this point? >> i think to use my own words, israel is going to have to shut up about it. it's over. the idea that it's going to be able to effect this and that. we have heard from prime minister netenyahu that it is going to be through political and diplomatic means, they are

going to try to use their allies in washington and prime minister netenyahu has just opened a twitter account in persia. so maybe that will influence the persian public opinion. >> thank you very much. still to come on al jazeera, can greece's prime minister make the latest bailout deal stick. and celebrations at nasa headquarters as a ten-year mission to pluto comes good. ♪

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nuclear deal that will see iran limit its nuclear activities in return for the lifting of crippling sanctions. president obama says the agreement is based on verification and not trust. he warned congress that he will veto any legislation that prevents the successful inmri inmri -- implementation of this deal. the iranian president said that lifting of sanctions would boost the economy. a final deal has been reached and once sanctions are lifted iran is set to become the biggest country to rejoin the global economy since post [ inaudible ]. iran's trade with the european union, which totaled $8.3 billion last year could balloon 400% by 2018. and one analyst predicted that iran's $420 billion economy could accelerate up to seven or

eight percent in the coming years. for more on this let's speak to a professor of middle east studies at tehran university. just on that last point about the effect on the economy, is that something that people expect there, and is there a danger that if it doesn't happen quickly, people will be disappointed? >> i think there's -- there's a lot of expectations on the nation's side about the results, the economic results of this deal. i think -- well it is obvious that the deal will not lead to, you know, change the economic situation in -- in one night, but i think the government has been explaining to the nation the nature of the agreement, and i think they can stop the -- you

know exaggerated expectation on the economic field. i think the -- the short term -- short term -- these short term changes in the economic section of iran or economic field, i think it will help the government to, you know, stop these exaggerated expectations on the economic help. >> the president has described it as a starting point for trust. what has to happen next for that trust to be built properly and for the relationship to flourish, if you would like? >> well the rouhani administration has been speaking about a win-win approach with the world, with the international community. so far this new approach has been fruitful with this deal that we are talking about, but on a regional level -- on a

regional level, i think this wasn't -- there were a lot of obstacles to iran's new approach. i think this agreement with the international community will bare fruit on the regional level. i think iran will continue it's win-win approach. the raw -- rouhani administration will continue its approach towards its arab nations. i think the arab strategic behavior and outlook towards iran will change you know, step by step towards iran and this will lead to a more effective, win-win approach on a regional level above the regional files. >> okay. thank you very much indeed for joining us. >> you're welcome. israeli prime minister benjamin netenyahu has strongly

criticized the agreement, calling it a mistake of historic proportions. our correspondent reports from west jerusalem. >> reporter: hours before iran's nuclear deal with global powers was even formally announced, the israeli prime minister made a televised statement denouncing the agreement. >> this is a bad mistake. of historic proportions. >> reporter: he then made a second address later in the day after reviewing the deal and his criticisms were even more pointed. >> the world is a much more dangerous place today than it was yesterday. >> reporter: netenyahu is under increasing pressure by opposition politicians at home who blame him for failing to prevent the deal they accuse him of straining ties with u.s. president barack obama which they say harmed his ability to influence the outcome. >> we have to remember that after say ten years obama will

not be the president, nobody knows who will be the president, probably two or three will be in place during this period of time. >> reporter: in west jerusalem, israelis were nearly universal in their criticism of the nuclear deal. >> and now they are going to get all of this money and fund even more terrorism, and it has made everything so bad. >> iran just like north korea cannot be trusted, and i hope that the u.s. congress the house of representatives and the senate will go over this agreement very carefully. >> reporter: the united states congress has 60 days to review the agreement. netenyahu will likely use that time to pressure his political allies in the republican and democrat parties to reject it. but president obama has already said he would veto any bill that would block the deal.

the agreement between iran and global powers has achieved a rare show of political consensus here in israel. politicians from across the spectrum have criticized the deal saying any kind of iranian nuclear program poses an existential threat but with the accord all but certain to hold there's very little they can do about it. let's catch up with some of the rest of the day's news now. in yemen fighters loyal to the exiled president have recaptured the airport in aden. the greek finance ministry says a new ah -- sarty bill has been submitted to parliament. some members of the ruling party are prepared to rule against.

simon mcgregor-wood has more. >> reporter: the greek prime minister the hard part of implementing this deal has now begin. in the greek newspapers deal has given greece a bloody nose. the ruling party was elected to reject austerity, but on wednesday their mp's will be asked to support more of it. the most immediate challenge looks achievable getting these laws through parliament by wednesday night. with his own party he has a bigger problem leftest factions within it are now in open revolt, and the fact that he made such a comprehensive u-turn will damage his credibility. outside parliament loyalists repeat mr. tsipras's line that this is the least bad option. >> translator: i repeat that

what is important today is that the government gives an answer to the coup. >> reporter: economically things have never been worse. businesses close every day. this brother and sister running their furniture business are clinging on but customer confidence has disappeared. >> now they are afraid to spend some money to -- to purchase a new chair or a new desk. or even starting a business to take some furniture to purchase office furniture, or sofa. >> reporter: how much have you sold in the last month? >> nothing. >> reporter: wednesday's laws will pass and the detailed negotiations for a third bailout will go forward, but the government here is creaking.

civil service unions plan a 24-hour strike to show their displeasure, and before long alexis tsipras will have to clear the rebels within his own ranks. to keep following the orders from his creditors he may eventually need a stronger coalition. nasa's new horizon's spacecraft has made the closest visit ever to pluto. there were celebrations at nasa's headquarters over the successful mission. the space agency has released the most detailed image of the planet to date. our science editor has more about the mission. >> reporter: about the size of a grand piano, the probe was launched in 2006. it has taken since then over nine years and a journey of more than 5 billion kilometers to reach its goal the dwarf planet pluto.

>> these spacecraft a few years back went past jupiter that was an opportunity to test the equipment on the cameras, and we got very nice images from jupiter. so these camera will resolve details to about 50 meters only in size on the surface of pluto which is completely unprecedented. we will see perhaps craters or mountains, we don't know. whatever the images will show will be amazing. >> reporter: traveling at a thousand kilometers at minute the craft's cameras and instruments have already sent back surprising images instead of being gray as previously thought pluto appears to have a red and orange sewer face. >> we're seeing these crazy black and white patterns. we have no idea what those mean. and we are seeing a lot of circular things. we saw circular features on

neptune's moon that are not craters, but right now we're having an awful lot of fun speculating. >> reporter: new horizons will then continue its journey into a region known as the kuiper belt. >> it's go through the very ancient system where materials change from rock to ice. and we know very little about it, and in this kind of objects, we find -- or we expect to find a little bit more evidence of the pristine material out of which the solar system and the earth, of course was formed 4.5 -- more than 4.5 thousand million years ago. >> reporter: radio signals already take more than four hours to reach earth, making

communication slow and difficult. as the probe travels deeper into one of the last unexplored paths of our solar system. plenty more on our website at anytime. the address for that again, is aljazeera.com. historic deal iran and six world powers agree on a plan to limit iran's nuclear program. >> it's a step away from the spector of conflict and towards the possibility of peace. >> opponents at home and abroad say they will do all they can to derail it. ♪